Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about San Francisco

Transforming Pavement to Parks in San Francisco

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

In San Francisco, the Pavement to Parks program has launched an initiative that may someday alter the way U.S. cities treat their commercial strips. Taking the PARK(ing) Day concept a step further, the Parklets Program is experimenting with allowing businesses to convert parking spaces into public spaces and cafes. The first was installed in March […]

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Streetfilms: Bike-Centric Left Turn Markings on San Francisco’s “Wiggle”

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 31, 2010 | No Comments

"The Wiggle" is one of San Francisco’s most beloved bike routes, guiding riders between two nasty hills. It even has its own Wikipedia entry. It’s so popular, it’s hard to stand there at any time of day and not see packs of cyclists passing through! (Note: This is a camera person’s dream.) Recently, after a […]

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San Francisco First City in the Nation to Count Its Parking Spaces

By Matthew Roth | Mar 30, 2010 | No Comments

Editor’s note: We linked to this story out of San Francisco in the headline stack this morning, and it’s worth a very close look. Experts counsel that the first step in reforming parking policies that promote driving is to measure the parking supply. The number one recommendation in "Suburbanizing the City" [PDF], the 2008 report […]

Streetfilms: SFPD Chief Bikes With Cycling Advocates. Ray Kelly, Let’s Ride.

By Ben Fried | Mar 26, 2010 | 2 Comments

When it comes to making a public commitment to taming lawless driving and making streets safe for biking, police departments in major west coast cities are starting to leave Ray Kelly’s NYPD in their wake. Advocates in Los Angeles recently started regular meetings with LAPD about traffic enforcement, crash responses, and other issues related to […]

New San Francisco Bike Lanes: Feel the Ecstasy

By Ben Fried | Dec 4, 2009 | 16 Comments

SF MTA Chief Nat Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom work the green rollers. Photo: Matthew Roth. These are heady days for San Francisco cyclists. After three years that saw the addition of pretty much zero bike infrastructure, this week the city hailed the arrival of its first new bike lane since 2006 and its first-ever […]

Donald Shoup on San Francisco’s Groundbreaking Parking Meter Study

By Matthew Roth | Oct 15, 2009 | 12 Comments

UCLA professor and parking policy superstar Donald Shoup. If you’re interested in the power of parking policy to reduce congestion and make streets more livable, the most exciting place to be right now is San Francisco. For the past year and a half, the city has pursued an innovative slate of policies designed to manage […]

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